The new function supports creating SCRAM verifiers, in addition to md5
hashes. The algorithm is chosen based on password_encryption, by default.

This fixes the issue reported by Jeff Janes, that there was previously
no way to create a SCRAM verifier with "\password".

Michael Paquier and me

Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CAMkU%3D1wfBgFPbfAMYZQE78p%3DVhZX7nN86aWkp0QcCp%3D%2BKxZ%3Dbg%40mail.gmail.com